Rail-chair



(No Model.)

S. M. BEERY.

RAIL CHAIR.

No. 318,685. Patented May 26, 1885.

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SAMUEL M. BEERY, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

RAIL-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,685, dated May 26,1885.

Application filed July 16, 1884.

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. BEERY, a citizen oftheUnitedStates,residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State ofNebraska, have invented a new and useful Bail- Chair, of which thefollowing is a specifica-- tion.

My invention is an improvement in railroad-rail chairs which areconstructed in two parts adapted to be fitted together, and eachextending beneath the meeting ends of two rails and bearing on orclamping the respective sides of the same.

My improvement consists in the construetion and combination ofparts,whereby I pro duce a chair which is not only self-locking, butpossesses certain other important functions and advantages,ashereinafter specified.

In accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedchair and the adjacent ends of two rails to which it is applied as inpractice. Fig. 4 is a crosssection on line a; m, Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of one part of the chair detached, and Fig. 3 is asimilar view of the other part.

Referring in the first instance to Fig. 2, the letter A indicates atransversely-curved flange adapted to fit 011 one side of the base of arailroadrail, and B B indicate horizontal plates or sections that arecast in one piece with said flange and designed to extend beneath thebases of two aligned rails to support them. The flange A is curvedinward over the sections B, so as to fit upon the upper side of the baseof the rails. Said sections are separated by a considerable space inorder to receive the corresponding section of the other part of chair.(Shown in Fig. 4.) On the upper side of the sections B B, near theirfree ends, is formed a rib, D, that extends transversely across them.

The part of the chair shown in Fig. 3 is composed of a transversely andinwardly curved (So model.)

flange, A, (similar to A. Fig. 2,) and a single broad horizontal baseplate or section,B, both cast in one piece. This section has a side rib,D,and a transverse rib, D, extending across its middle. The two parts ofthe chair are placed together,as shown in Figs.1 and 4, so thatbasesection B fits between sections B B, and the flanges A A embrace therespective sides of the abutting ends of the rails. Thus the latter reston both sect-ions Band B and are separated by the transverse rib D,which prevents the rails from traveling,as they are liable to do whennot firmly secured. The ribs D abut or engage the respective sides ofthe base of the rails. Thus the two parts of the chair are lockedtogether and to the rails. Notches c are provided in both sections B andB to receive spikes for securing the chair to a sleeper or tie.

A chair thus constructed is of great service in the matter ofconvenience and rapidity of construction and repair of railroads,besides affording increased security against accidents from turning ordisplacement ofthe rails.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the part of the chair composed of flange A andseparated base-sections B B, having ribs D D, with the parts composed offlange A and broad base-section B, having the rib D, the said partsbeing adapted to fit together, as shown and described.

2. The combination of the part composed of flange A, base-section B,having side and transverse ribs D and D, with the other part composed offlange A and the two separated base-sections B B, as shown anddescribed.

SAMUEL M. BEERY.

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J. N. GoRNIsH, L. B. W001).

